The effect of vitamin-herbal flour from <i>R. carthamoides</i> on the blood parameters of young cattle

Abstract

The article is devoted to the results of studies on the effect of vitamin-herbal flour obtained from the green mass of Rhaponticum carthamoides on Holstein black-andwhite calves at the age of 15 months to improve the morpho-biochemical status of blood. Experimental studies were carried out in LLC “Agroenterprise “Sokolovo” of the Perm Region. Rhaponticum carthamoides, used for the manufacture of vitamin and herbal flour, was grown in the experimental field of the Perm Research Institute. The purpose of our research was to study the effect of feeding vitamin-herbal flour from Rhaponticum carthamoides on metabolic processes in the body of young cattle.Methods. In the production experiment, 15-month-old heifers of holstein 350 kg were selected. Previously, the animals were distributed into a control (main diet) and 2 experimental groups (main diet + vitamin and herbal flour (TMM) from Rhaponticum carthamoides) of 12 heads each. The main diet of heifers consisted of compound feed (KK 60-3 recipe 400). The dose and feeding period of vitamin-herbal flour: 1st and 2nd experimental groups with 15 months of life of 150 gr. and 300 gr. per day, the duration of feeding — 90 days. Vitamin-herbal flour was fed individually on the feed table. During the experiment, the general condition of the animals was monitored.Results. It was found that the introduction of vitamin-herbal flour (levzea) into the diet of young cattle (heifers) for 3 months contributed to the normalization of the morphobiochemical composition of the blood of experimental animals. The clinical condition of chicks without deviations from the physiological norm.